Category Cover Art
IT’S IN THE BAG! [QUIZ #1B]
Vinyl Connection acquired 12 albums this year (1) . Here you can find each one in its original carry bag (2). The simple task, dear Friend of Vinyl Connection, is to name the Artist and the Album. The albums span every decade from the 60s to the 00s (3). * PLEASE DON’T post answers in Comments […]
MATI AND THE MUSIC [PART TWO]
This article is the second part of a feature on the album covers of artist Mati Klarwein. The first part is entitled More Than Abraxas. The life of a peripatetic artist is one of change and blending influences. Mati was a great traveller and enthusiastically soaked up images of culture and mythology from the many countries […]
MORE THAN ABRAXAS
When you think of album art, some classic images spring to mind… – those four blokes on the London zebra crossing, – that angular tubular bell suspended over sky-sea-shore, – the underwater baby boy lured by an angler’s dollar bill. Though it is harder to capture in a few words, the cover of the second […]
SKYHOOKS CALLING [COVERART #57]
The debut album by Australian pop-rockers Skyhooks was released on 28th October 1974. Artwork was by Niels Hutchison. Read a memoir and album reflection here (previous post). When the first of several re-unions eventuated in the early 80s the band toured and – surprise surprise – released an album Live in the 80s in 1983. What […]
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
Posters, lyric sheets, merchandise order forms, glimpses of other mouth-watering titles from the same record company… lots of different bits of paper have been inserted into LPs over the years. They are not our concern today. Here, in ascending order of magnificent silliness, are Vinyl Connection’s six favourite ALBUMS WITH EXTRAS. 6. ROTOGRAVURE – […]
A COVER ART QUIZ [#1]
Looking for fun ways to invite people to visit Vinyl Connection, I decided to try using Facebook by posting a ‘Cover Quiz’ on the Vinyl Connection Facebook page. But then I thought, “The WordPress crew would probably enjoy this too”. So here it is. Rules below. (Bossy, huh?) * * Here are 12 album covers (CD […]
THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS…
Easter 1972. The rambling gambolling bead-strung throng that was The Grateful Dead tribe arrived in Europe for a major tour. Musicians, technicians, kids and consorts; amps and desks, instruments and condiments, the Dead family was primed and ready for a leisurely trundle around the continent… and Britain too. Naturally the shows were recorded; obviously there […]
WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS…
During the wildly exciting process of compiling the new Vinyl Connection Index page it was noted by the VC auditor that many months have elapsed since we last ventured into the sweaty mosh pit of live recordings. How better to remedy that lamentable oversight than by tackling that monster of vinylosity, the triple live album? […]
CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS [COVERART PAIR #36]
Ideal “Bi Nuu” [Warner Bros, 1983] / W.H.Y. “Woman of Steel” [IC Records, 1983] W.H.Y. was a short-lived side-project of Aussie music legend Mike Rudd (Spectrum, Ariel) Ideal were a German electronic pop/rock outfit “Can We Still Be Friends” Todd Rungren [1988] * When I originally hung this pair of covers on the wall (in […]
FULL SHELVES AND WILD TALES
Dear Vinyl Agony Aunt I have a problem. It’s a space and time problem. Yes, I know, I should just call Dr Who but I’ve lost the piece of psychic notepaper with his mobile number and you’re my next best guess. Also, you have helped me before. Being such a busy virtual confidante you won’t […]
IT’S JOHNNY’S BIRTHDAY [COVERART #34]
All Things Must Pass was released on 27th November 1970 It consisted of a double album plus a third LP of jams recorded during the sessions When the album was re-released in March 2001, the original sepia cover photograph was colourised. Reflecting Harrison’s environmental awareness, the CD sleeves and booklet carried a rather sardonic story […]
ETERNAL WARRIOR RETURNING
One of the tell-tale signs of the activated Vinyl Hunter-Gatherer is how their speed increases when they approach a Record Store. Up on the balls of their feet, there is a pronounced spring in the step as the shortest possible distance from here to the records is calculated with pinpoint precision. Breathing may be more […]
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